Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Choose Your Own Adventure / PvE
Choose Your Own Adventure + PvE: 20 releases in the last 12 months
There is no price yet: it needs 30 or more indie paid launches in the last four complete quarters. 0 of 21 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 54% on the year before: 20 against 13.
- Small sample
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 20 13 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 76 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 145 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
| Board | Value | Interval | Sample | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.
| 0.06%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.03% to 0.08% | 6 ranked of 76 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #6,207 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 20 or more releases in each 12-month period. | |||
| Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 1,000 reviews in each window. | |||
Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.
Launch success
Matured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 21
- Hit rate
- 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%
- Expected rate
- 5.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
21 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $0
- Median
- $242
- Top tenth
- $1,619
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +54%
Parent tags
- Choose Your Own AdventureGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
- PvENot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe biggest indie games in this pair by estimated lifetime gross. Revenue is shown as a number at 50 or more reviews, as a range at 10 to 49, and not at all below 10.
- Willow Guard (opens the Steam store)2025 · 39 reviews, 89% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Retail Mage (opens the Steam store)2024 · 44 reviews, 79% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- HeroInc (opens the Steam store)2026 · 11 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Backrooms Interception (opens the Steam store)2026 · 4 reviews, 25% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Create Your Own Universe (opens the Steam store)2023 · 4 reviews, 50% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Mikoshi: The Lost Crystals (opens the Steam store)2024 · 11 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1k to $10k
- Escape The Forest (opens the Steam store)2024 · 3 reviews, 66% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
- Trials of Proelium Remastered (opens the Steam store)2025 · 5 reviews, 80% positivetoo few reviews to estimate
Related niches
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- Choose Your Own Adventure + Character Customization$2,97334 launches priced, 26 releases in 12 months
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Mystery$2,91649 launches priced, 75 releases in 12 months
- Psychological Horror + Choose Your Own Adventure$2,54534 launches priced, 83 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Choose Your Own Adventure$2,180127 launches priced, 197 releases in 12 months
More with PvE
pairs with PvE- Co-op + PvE$16,63155 launches priced, 88 releases in 12 months
- Online Co-Op + PvE$5,26063 launches priced, 100 releases in 12 months
- Multiplayer + PvE$2,00370 launches priced, 120 releases in 12 months
- PvE + Deckbuilding$1,11233 launches priced, 40 releases in 12 months
- Dungeon Crawler + PvE$1,06262 launches priced, 97 releases in 12 months
- Hack and Slash + PvE$1,06166 launches priced, 101 releases in 12 months
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